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High Blood Pressure Management

High Blood Pressure

Staying informed is key

Understanding your blood pressure

Blood pressure is a measure of the force that your heart uses to pump blood around your body. Keeping a normal level of blood pressure is important to keep your heart and body healthy. If your blood pressure is too high (hypertension), it can increase your risk of cardiovascular disease by putting too much of a strain on your heart and arteries, and the organs they nourish. Your doctor has probably prescribed multiple blood pressure lowering medications in order to significantly reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke or kidney failure.

Hypertension is a problem that affects 1 in 3 adults and is the cause of 1 in every 8 deaths worldwide.1,2

Understanding your blood pressure measurement

When your blood pressure is taken, two measurements are recorded during a single heartbeat:

Systolic: the level of pressure when your heart pumps blood through your arteries and around your body

Diastolic: the level of pressure when your heart is resting before it pumps again

Blood pressure is measured in millimetres of mercury (mmHg) and is given as two levels. The systolic reading is the first or top number, followed by the diastolic reading, the second or bottom number.

Why is controlling your blood pressure important?

The risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke and heart failure goes up as blood pressure goes up. So, you should always maintain your systolic blood pressure below 140 mmHg (or 130 mmHg if you suffer from diabetes). For example, if your systolic blood pressure number is 160 mmHg, then compared with people at 120 mmHg you are at:

4 times higher risk of heart attack3

4 times higher risk of stroke4

4 times higher risk of end-stage renal disease5

2 times higher risk of heart failure6

Hypertension VS resistant hypertension. What's the difference?

Hypertension can usually be treated with lifestyle changes and/or medications. Unfortunately, up to 97% of patients who take antihypertensive medications experience drug side effects, and for some people, medications are not enough. Some people take 3 or more medications, including a diuretic, but still struggle to bring their blood pressure closer to a healthy level. Unfortunately, studies show that the addition of further medications seldom provides any meaningful additional benefit.7,8

If you consistently have a reading of 140/90 mmHg or higher, despite being treated with at least 3 medications, you might suffer from resistant hypertension.

How BAROSTIM THERAPY Works

Imbalance means greater risk

Your body is controlled by two systems that lead your heart's reaction to different situations. The sympathetic system is responsible for the “fight-or-flight" reaction, which is triggered when you face stressful situations. On the contrary, the parasympathetic system is responsible for “rest and digest" activities, and generally helps your heart and body calm down.

In resistant hypertension, these two parts of the nervous system are imbalanced. Meaning, there is too much sympathetic activity and not enough parasympathetic activity in your body, putting your heart under a lot of stress and your overall health at serious risk.

BAROSTIM THERAPY™ balances sympathetic and parasympathetic activity

The BAROSTIM NEO™ device has been created for people like you, who need help controlling their resistant hypertension. It is a minimally-invasive implant that works together with your body, by sending signals that communicate with your brain. These messages activate a natural process that brings your nervous system back into balance, allowing you to reduce your blood pressure by relaxing your blood vessels, slowing your heart down and reducing fluid accumulation by the kidneys.

The body responds to BAROSTIM NEO™ by…

Relaxing the blood vessels:
This makes it easier for blood to flow to the body, reducing excessive blood pressure.

Slowing the heart down:
This helps the heart work more efficiently.

Reducing fluid in the body through improved kidney function:
This lowers blood pressure and further reduces the heart's work load.

The Benefit to You

A small device that helps your nervous system find balance

The BAROSTIM NEO™ device has been created for people like you, who need help controlling their resistant hypertension. It is a minimally-invasive implant that works together with your body, by sending signals that communicate with your brain. 1,2,3

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CAUTION The CVRx® BAROSTIM NEO™ System is CE Marked and approved for sale for hypertension patients in European Union (EU). It is also CE Marked and approved for sale for heart failure patients in EU. Exclusively for clinical investigations for the treatment of hypertension and heart failure in Canada.